The officials of Korean electronics giant, Samsung Electronics, and its local suppliers told The Korean Times on Sunday that Samsung Mobile is planning to unveil the Galaxy S4 (Galaxy S IV) at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in February.

A company official who declined to be named released a timetable 3 days after Apple Inc. announced the iPhone 5. According to the said company official, Samsung is ready to unveil the Galaxy S4 in Barcelona next year (9 months after they released Galaxy S3) and will hit the world market a month later.

The new Android-based Galaxy S4 will use LTE networks and will have a 5-inch screen, the official said.

When asked, Samsung told ZDNet Asia it "can not comment on rumor or speculation."